Druid MoP Discussion Thread

Druid MoP Discussion Thread

This is where any general discussion about druid MoP changes will go. If you want to talk about spec specifics please use the link to their appropriate threads. If there are any updates or changes I missed PM them to me. This is the only one I'm sticking. If you want the others follow the links.

The talent system is changing dramatically in 5.0.4. You will still select a specialization, but all specializations have the same small talent tree (6 tiers, one talent per tier-- we'll only be able to access the first 5 tiers in 5.0.4).

Druids have four total specializations, since Feral has been split into Feral and Guardian.

Most of the old talents you're familiar with have been rolled into spec-specific abilities and passives that you will learn naturally as you level up, or when you swap to the associated spec. For example, Feral druids no longer need to talent for Survival Instincts, Omen of Clarity, or Predatory Swiftness. These abilities and passives from pre-5.0.4 talents have not been lost.

Grants a movement ability that varies by shapeshift form (15 sec cooldown)Non-shapeshifted: Fly to an ally's position.Bear Form: Charge to an enemy, immobilizing them for 4 sec.Cat Form: Leap behind an enemy, dazing them for 3 sec.Moonkin Form: Bound backward from your enemies. Can only be used in combat.Travel Form: Leap forward 20 yards.Aquatic Form: Increases swim speed by an additional 150% 5 sec.

When activated, your next Cyclone, Entangling Roots, Healing Touch, Hibernate, Nourish, Rebirth, or Regrowth becomes instant, free, and castable in all forms. The healing and duration of the spell is increased by 50%.
Instant, 1 min cooldown

Summons a violent Typhoon that strikes targets in front of the caster within 30 yards, knocking them back and dazing them for 6 sec. Useable in all shapeshift forms.
30 yd Range, Instant cast, 20 sec cooldown

Grants a superior shapeshifting form appropriate to your specialization for 30 sec. You may freely shapeshift in and out of this form for the duration of Incarnation.
Instant, 3 min cooldownBalance: Chosen of Elune: Improved Moonkin Form that gains 25% increased Arcane and Nature damage while Eclipse is active.Feral: King of the Jungle: Improved Cat Form that allows the use of all abilities which normally require stealth, allows the use of Prowl while in combat, and removes the positional requirement of Ravage.Guardian: Son of Ursoc: Improved Bear Form that reduces the cooldown on melee damage abilities and Growl to 1.5 sec.Restoration: Tree of Life: Tree of Life Form that increases healing done by 15%, increases armor by 120%, and enhances Lifebloom, Wild Growth, Regrowth, and Entangling Roots spellcasts.

Conjures a vortex of wind at the destination location that reduces the movement speed of all enemies within 8 yards by 50%. The first time an enemy attempts to leave the vortex, winds will pull that enemy back to its center. Lasts 10 sec. Useable in all shapeshift forms.
30 yd range, Instant, 1 min cooldown

Wrath, Starfire, Starsurge, and melee abilities increase healing done by your next healing spell by 30%. Tranquility is not affected.
Nourish, Healing Touch, and Regrowth increase the damage done by your next 2 Moonfire or Sunfire casts by 65% or by your next 2 melee abilities by 25%.
Each of these bonuses lasts 30 sec.

Increases all damage and healing done by 20% for 30 sec. While active, all single-target healing spells also damage a nearby enemy target for 25% of the healing done, and all single-target damage spells and abilities also heal a nearby friendly target for 25% of the damage done.
Instant, 3 min CD

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Druid: Symbiosis

The Druid will select a raid or party member and cast Symbiosis on them.

The target cannot be another Druid.

The target gains a buff that tells them what spell they have temporarily learned, and that spell temporarily appears in their spellbook, and they can drag it to an action bar.

The Druid’s Symbiosis button will become the ability they gained from the target class.

The Symbiosis link is cancelled if: the Druid clicks off the Symbiosis buff, or the Druid or the target changes continents or enters or exits an instance, or the Druid or the target changes talent specializations.

Symbiosis fails to cast if Symbiosis is already active on that target.

Symbiosis cannot be cast in combat.

For the non-Druid target, the icon will revert to a placeholder (uncastable) Symbiosis icon when Symbiosis ends, but will become the Symbiosis-granted ability again the next time Symbiosis is cast on that target.

The ability gained from Symbiosis is always something chosen to match the Druid’s specialization and the target’s combat role.

The target always gets the same spell unless they change combat roles. A Druid of a given specialization always gets the same spell from each different class. If there is a change of specs, there is a change of spell.

Glyphs

Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

General Majors

Glyph of Rebirth: Players resurrected by Rebirth are returned to life with 100% health.

Glyph of Innervate: When Innervate is cast on a friendly target other than the caster, the caster will gain 10% of maximum mana over 10 sec.

Glyph of Lifebloom: Casting Lifebloom on a new target grants that target as many applications as the old target had. This effect will not occur while in Tree of Life Form, or when Lifebloom has less than 2 sec remaining.

Glyph of Rejuvenation: When you have Rejuvenation active on three or more targets, the cast time of your Nourish spell is reduced by 30%.

Glyph of Wild Growth: Wild Growth can affect 1 additional target, but its cooldown is increased by 2 sec.

Glyph of Blooming:Increases the bloom heal of your Lifebloom when it expires by 50%, but its duration is reduced by 5 sec and your Healing Touch, Nourish, and Regrowth abilities no longer refresh the duration.

Glyph of Regrowth: Increases the critical strike chance of your Regrowth by 40%, but removes the periodic component of the spell.

Balance:

Glyph of the Moonbeast: You can now cast Healing Touch, Rejuvenation, Rebirth, and Tranquility without cancelling Moonkin Form.

Glyph of Might of Ursoc: Increases the health gain from Might of Ursoc by 20%, but increases the cooldown by 2 min.

Glyph of Frenzied Regeneration: For 6 sec after activating Frenzied Regeneration, healing effects on you are 40% more powerful. However, your Frenzied Regeneration now always costs 60 Rage and no longer converts Rage into health.

Yay, its been stickied! Anyone notice how Thorns is missing? While it had a specific niche, it was a very useful niche!

Also, in terms of information given, I would suggest removing the Glyphs section for now. Some of the Prime glyphs have been rolled into the baseline abilty (See Rip description, Bloodletting Glyph, and Eclipse Description and Starfire Glyph) while a few other glyphs no longer seem to apply (See thorns, Insect Swarm)

Anyone ever notice how the sun seems to shine silverish now? Didn't it used to shine goldish? PM me if you've noticed this.

can't wait for Glyph of Stars and for blizz to release the artwork. Will be awesome to get a "new form" and be able to dps in humanoid form. I love MoP solely because of how awesome druid glyphs are going to be.

Feel like i should level an alt with inscription so these glyphs don't break the bank. Have a feeling scribes are gunna have a field day with glyphs

Edit:Balance: Healing spells generate Lunar or Solar Energy and benefit from Lunar and Solar Eclipse. We don't have any "arcane" healing spells so does this mean whenever we're in an eclipse we just get increased healing based on our mastery???? Regardless of which eclipse?

Do you think ferals will be given the love and get a legendary this expansion?

It would be a very difficult task for blizzard to make a feral legendary without indirectly making it strong for bears as well. I'm not quite sure what kind of "legendary" feel they could give a weapon that would benefit a cat greatly but not help a bear. Would probably have to do something with manipulating their energy.

Edit:Balance: Healing spells generate Lunar or Solar Energy and benefit from Lunar and Solar Eclipse. We don't have any "arcane" healing spells so does this mean whenever we're in an eclipse we just get increased healing based on our mastery???? Regardless of which eclipse?

My understanding is that healing will be increased in either eclipse, regardless of which type of spell damage is being boosted.

Give it to Cats, Bears, Hunters and Monks. Sounds like a nice broad range legendary. As opposed to daggers for rogues only.... or a bow.... or the glaives for 2 classes.

Giving one tank a legendary without giving the others anything isn't a very good design. It will just lead to guilds stacking bear tanks. Most top end guilds usually gear their tanks out first as well since 90% of the time tank survival is a bigger issue during progression than DPS. Meaning EVERY bear tank is going to expect to be the first to get said legendary. And it would just generate alot of unnecessary controversy.

You also have to take into consideration they stated legendaries will be alot more "legendary" and most guilds will get 1 - 2 at the most, a large amount of guilds may not even get ONE. So that + letting a tank be allowed to use it just will not have good results.

Monks are tanks too, but I get what you're saying, although I don't agree on the "90% of the time tank survival is a bigger issue during progression than DPS" part.

Originally Posted by Lightfist

I don't really get how Bloodlust fits Shamans...

"I need to calm the elements, and through our sacred bond we will - wait, is that a fucking boss? I'M SO FUCKING ANGRY! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! NO, WAIT! I'M GOING TO RAPE HIM THEN KILL HIM! WITH SPOONS! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Giving one tank a legendary without giving the others anything isn't a very good design. It will just lead to guilds stacking bear tanks.

I was bringing up the fact that this has already happened - when DKs were able to tank with Shadowmourne. While giving a first or second Shadowmourne to your Blood DK was arguably not the best decision for a guild, it did happen. Regardless of that fact, Bears and Paladins were still optimal tanks for H:LK due to class mechanics and cooldowns. Additionally, keep in mind the fact that this was an occasion where damage and threat actually mattered. Provided a legendary was usable by Bears in Mists, it'd like also have a damage-related bonus, which would be much less of a benefit given changes to threat since then.

I was bringing up the fact that this has already happened - when DKs were able to tank with Shadowmourne. While giving a first or second Shadowmourne to your Blood DK was arguably not the best decision for a guild, it did happen. Regardless of that fact, Bears and Paladins were still optimal tanks for H:LK due to class mechanics and cooldowns. Additionally, keep in mind the fact that this was an occasion where damage and threat actually mattered. Provided a legendary was usable by Bears in Mists, it'd like also have a damage-related bonus, which would be much less of a benefit given changes to threat since then.

I know it already happened. Just cause it happened doesn't mean it was a good design...So it still doesn't really rebut my arguement. Like i stated earlier it really depends on the proc that makes the weapon "legendary". Look at the rogue daggers, they have the ability to increase your agility. Agility gives bears survivability so it would make it viable for them as well. Which is why i stated that if they wanted to make it "cat only" they would probably have to have the legendary manipulate energy somehow, since bears use Rage.

Also have to take into consideration tanks were not nearly as balanced in ICC as they are now. Cooldowns and large Health pools trumped everything when it came to tanking in Wrath. A DK tank with Shadowmourne could never compare to a bears armor/HP pool, or a Prot paladins Ardent defender, which is why you didn't see a sudden spike in DK tanks with Shadowmourne. Tanking in cata became alot more balanced across the board. A legendary introduced to one of them could be just what that tank needs to become almighty, and then i gaurentee you will see a spike in that tank spec for progression raiding.